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The elderly in Southeast Asia are at greater risk of poverty amidst major shifts in labour markets, technology and deficient social protection policies. Photo: Shutterstock

CEPAR researchers are working with the World Bank and the Indonesian Ministry of National Development Planning to create a powerful social policy tool to improve the economic welfare of millions of people.

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Donald Trump's pick to head the World Bank could well weaken the organisation's importance in international development and finance.

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Two UNSW students have visited the epicentre of global affairs and policy, attending the World Bank and IMF annual meeting in Washington DC as Global Voices scholars.

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The World Bank risks looking hypocritical and becoming redundant if it doesn't improve its own management, writes Usman W. Chohan.

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UNSW’s Peter Saunders has been appointed to the World Bank Commission on Global Poverty.

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While it is better to join now than not, we have lost respect and influence by procrastinating on membership of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, writes Ross Buckley.